Question For The Hardcore Fans.

Question for the hardcore fans.

We all noticed Paul's ring through the 60s, magically disappeared around 1970, yes?

Well.

I love the pictures from this concert for many reasons (they looked fabulous), but mainly because if you look closely you'll see Artie wearing a ring on his right ring finger, the very same finger Paul wore his on. And a relatively similar ring too, though of course not identical.

I loved this from the first time I noticed it, and I personally think it did mean something. And I'd love to see more pics of that fuck of a ring, but for the life of me I still haven't found others, only the ones from this specific concert.

Maybe he usually wore it around his neck or something?

Just sayin'.

Still.

In case you didn't notice, I love them.

Simon & Garfunkel

Importance of fragrance in Ancient Egyptian religion

Incense in myth

Egyptians believed that all beautiful scents originated from the bodies of the gods. They viewed resins and perfumes as tears, sweat, spittle or bones of the Netjeru. Fruitful trees were identified with mother goddesses and their resins could have been regarded as their menstrual blood. Those bodily fluids would be considered impure if they came from a human but coming from the gods they were beautiful, fragrant and sacred.

Some gods were associated with specific fragrances more than with others. One of such gods was Osiris - in the myths his son Horus offered him „his sweet smelling Eye, as a token of his victory over Set”. Egyptians identified the Eye of Horus with incense, particularly labdanum. Incenses could also embody Amun, „the hidden god” of invisibilie life force and air.

Egyptian pantheon included many patrons of fragrance: Merehet, goddess of unguents, Shesmu, divine patron of perfume production, Nefertem, god of incense and medicine, symbolized by a fragrant blue lotus flower, Hathor, luxury-loving goddess of femininity, joy and pleasure or even protective cat goddess Bast. Cultic importance of incense

The Egyptian word „snTr” or „s nTr” had two distinct meanings: 1) to cense, incense and 2) to make divine, to cause to make divine. Incense was thus used to provoke the manifestation of a deity during a ritual, cause them to be present there with their followers. It could also be used as a deifying agent in the process of mummification and in Opening of the Mouth ceremony (used to animate a mummy or a statue and enable them to use senses, speak and consume offerings). It is speculated that incese may not have been as much an offering to sustain the gods as a tool to feel their presence beside you.

“With all of the other senses, you think before you respond, but with scent, your brain responds before you think,” says Pam Scholder Ellen, a Georgia State University marketing professor. The sense of smell is also considered to be the most closely related to emotional reactions. The olfactory bulb is directly connected to the limbic system in the brain, which is the system related to immediate emotion in humans. 75% of emotions are generated by smell.

„To cause to make divine through smoke” by Renata Tatomir

Incense was utilised in large amounts in Egyptian temples. Plutarch mentions in his writing that frankincense was burned there in the morning, myrrh at noon and kyphi in the evening. Elliott Wise speculates that incense could be used to further vivify statues of the gods and imitate the sweat, tears and body odour of a living being, as much as to alter mental state of the ritual’s participants. Being a luxurious commodity often imported from distant lands it underlined the importance and influence of deities, giving them a perceivable aura of power. Censers used by Egyptians were often shaped like a human hand performing the gesture of offering.

Kyphi

A huge favorite of the ancients and the highest prized incense blend in Egypt was kyphi - or kapet as Egyptians called it. It was used for religious, magical and medical purposes since the Old Kingdom, first mentioned in Pyramid Texts as a substance that the king will enjoy in his afterlife. But it was more than just a luxurious and elegant offering to the gods. Plutarch appreciatively describes it’s relaxing properties and ability to “loosen daily sorrows” as well as mentiones that it was added to drinks to cleanse the body - kyphi was edible and sometimes used as a medicine. Writings mention two different types of kyphi - lunar and solar; their long and complex (28 and 36 ingredients respectively) recipes recorded by Paul of Aegina in the seventh century AD survive to this day.

Here are a few other recovered kyphi recipes: Edfu Temple

Edfu Temple kyphi was made of 16 ingredients over the course of 12 days, symbolizing 16 body parts of Osiris, gathered by Isis and Nephthys for 12 days.

The ingredients were: -raisins -wine -honey -frankincense -myrrh -mastic -pine resin -sweet flag -aspalathos -camel grass -mint -cyperus -juniper berries -pine kernels -pekers -cinnamon

Papyrus Ebers

-honey -frankincense -mastic -sweet flag -pine kernels -cyperus grass -camel grass -inektun -cinnamon

Papyrus Harris

-Raisins -Wine -Honey -Mastic -Pine Resin -Camel Grass -Mint -Sweet Flag -Cinnamon

Sources

„An Odor of Sanctity: The Iconography, Magic, and Ritual of Egyptian Incense” by Elliott Wise

„Perfume” by Lise Manniche

„Incense as a Transdisciplinary Vehicle in Ancient Egypt and Christianity. Similarities and Differences” by Renata G. Tatomir

„To cause to make divine through smoke: Ancient Egyptian incense amd perfume. An inter- and transdisciplinary re-evaluation of aromatic biotic materials used by the Ancient Egyptians” by Renata G. Tatomir

Reblogging as well for the new precious hints by @more-or-less-the-same , I totally agree with you my friend. 🖤

UNHINGED—and the fact that this was just four months after he called Paul a monster and a jerk with a Napoleon complex?? You could’ve just said sorry, Art.

I lost count of how many times I've read Artie's musings, yet every time is pure joy.

Still Water Prose Poetry - Art Garfunkel

This is so beautiful, I'm crying.

the lyrics "tom, get your plane right on time / i know your part'll go fine / fly down to mexico" and "I get the news I need on the weather report / i can gather all the news I need on the weather report" are so so good and just such a beautiful example of how it feels to care deeply for someone. like when someone you love is on a plane journey all you need to check is the weather to know that they're safe in the air, i gather all the news i need on the weather report i got nothing to do today but smile i know your part will go fine. that's LOVE baby. i love this song

Half of my life is gone truly had a power of its own, though it's heartbreaking enough like this, too.

Half of the time we’re gone but we don’t know where And we don’t know where Here I am…